| Moma | |
| Also Known As: | Kulawi |
| Region: | Sulawesi |
| State: | Indonesia |
| Speakers: | 5,500 |
| Date: | 2000 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | Austronesian |
| Fam2: | Malayo-Polynesian |
| Fam3: | Celebic |
| Fam4: | Kaili–Pamona |
| Fam5: | Northern |
| Fam6: | Kaili |
| Iso3: | myl |
| Glotto: | moma1242 |
| Glottorefname: | Moma |
Moma (also Kulawi) is an Austronesian language spoken in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Historically, it is derived from the Kaili dialect cluster, but is divergent due to strong influence from Uma.[1]
The sound inventory of Moma below had been described by Adriani and Esser (1939).
| Nasal | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||
| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||
| pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Trill | pronounced as /link/ | |||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | ||||||
| Close | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close-Mid | pronounced as /link/ | pronounced as /link/ | |
| Open | pronounced as /link/ | ||
Like many other languages on Sulawesi, Moma has only open syllables.[2]
Moma has the following pronoun sets:
| First-person singular | aku | -a | ku- | -ku | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Second-person singular | iko | -ko | nu- | -mu | |
| Third-person singular | hia | -i | na- | -na | |
| First-person plural (inclusive) | kita | -ta | ta- | -ta | |
| First-person plural (exclusive) | kami | -kami | ki- | -kami | |
| Second-person plural | komi | -komi | ni- | -mi | |
| Third-person plural | hira | -ra | ra- | -ra |